Comments on: Fifteen Years Ago…Family http://afteracupofcoffee.net/2009/08/fifteen-years-ago-family/ Life by the grace of God...and caffeine Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:56:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Stephine http://afteracupofcoffee.net/2009/08/fifteen-years-ago-family/comment-page-1/#comment-10087 Stephine Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:49:34 +0000 http://afteracupofcoffee.net/?p=628#comment-10087 Well, for starters, I certainly didnt see ahving my first child at 16. That was a shocker. I always wanted to be an interior designer. I loved anything to do with drafting and design. Didn't care a lick about being married or having a family Now I'm married to a Marine, sahm with 2 boys and secretly hoping to convince him for atleast one more (a girl would be nice). I dont know why in the world i wanted to interior design, can't stand it now. Still love drafting and design. NO real goals anymore either, still working on that one :o) Well, for starters, I certainly didnt see ahving my first child at 16. That was a shocker. I always wanted to be an interior designer. I loved anything to do with drafting and design. Didn’t care a lick about being married or having a family
Now I’m married to a Marine, sahm with 2 boys and secretly hoping to convince him for atleast one more (a girl would be nice). I dont know why in the world i wanted to interior design, can’t stand it now. Still love drafting and design. NO real goals anymore either, still working on that one :o )

]]> By: Terra Jones http://afteracupofcoffee.net/2009/08/fifteen-years-ago-family/comment-page-1/#comment-10085 Terra Jones Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:40:49 +0000 http://afteracupofcoffee.net/?p=628#comment-10085 Well, for starters, until my sophomore year of college, I had never babysat a child. I had NO desire to get married. I was in college in Nashville, trying to get into the recording industry - I wanted to be a tour manager for a band and travel all.the.time. That summer brought me home and a family at our church needed a "housekeeper" a week after accepting the job, the mom asked me to watch the kids 4 days a week too. I told her that I'd never watched a child in my life, she shrugged it off and said I'd be fine. So, one Monday, I started watching the children - ages 2, 5, 8, and 10 years. I was scared out of my mind... I came home thinking, ok, so maybe ONE kid wouldn't be that bad. By the end of the summer, I had met the man who is now my husband, we have 2 children (ages 1 and 2) and are praying and hoping for more (who knows how many more, we both want atleast 5 total, if not more). And I too am a SAHM... Didn't see THAT one 15 years ago...or 6 for that matter, lol Well, for starters, until my sophomore year of college, I had never babysat a child. I had NO desire to get married. I was in college in Nashville, trying to get into the recording industry – I wanted to be a tour manager for a band and travel all.the.time.

That summer brought me home and a family at our church needed a “housekeeper” a week after accepting the job, the mom asked me to watch the kids 4 days a week too. I told her that I’d never watched a child in my life, she shrugged it off and said I’d be fine. So, one Monday, I started watching the children – ages 2, 5, 8, and 10 years. I was scared out of my mind…

I came home thinking, ok, so maybe ONE kid wouldn’t be that bad.

By the end of the summer, I had met the man who is now my husband, we have 2 children (ages 1 and 2) and are praying and hoping for more (who knows how many more, we both want atleast 5 total, if not more). And I too am a SAHM…

Didn’t see THAT one 15 years ago…or 6 for that matter, lol

]]> By: Joy http://afteracupofcoffee.net/2009/08/fifteen-years-ago-family/comment-page-1/#comment-10083 Joy Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:02:26 +0000 http://afteracupofcoffee.net/?p=628#comment-10083 Never thought I would have 4 kids. My best friend had 4 in her family and I thought her house was insane. No way did I want that kind of noise all the time! --- Now I love the noise. I almost cannot function when it's quiet. Never thought I would teach. I hated teaching! -- Now, actually, I still hate teaching. But I love learning together with my kids. Never thought I would be a military wife either. I lived in the same town until college and loved that. -- Now I cannot imagine staying in one place. Never thought I would have 4 kids. My best friend had 4 in her family and I thought her house was insane. No way did I want that kind of noise all the time! — Now I love the noise. I almost cannot function when it’s quiet.
Never thought I would teach. I hated teaching! — Now, actually, I still hate teaching. But I love learning together with my kids.
Never thought I would be a military wife either. I lived in the same town until college and loved that. — Now I cannot imagine staying in one place.

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